linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: fsl-mc: fix uninitialized variable use

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Message-ID: <20171128141345.e2dxm2txmb73ed6k@mwanda>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:13:45 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "stuyoder@...il.com" <stuyoder@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Leo Li <leoyang.li@....com>,
        Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@....com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: fsl-mc: fix uninitialized variable use

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 09:31:21AM +0000, Laurentiu Tudor wrote:
> I did but it didn't show up on my version of powerpc toolchain (gcc 
> 4.8.1). Maybe it's too old ...
> 

Smatch has new uninitialized variable warnings these days.  In theory,
it should be smarter and more strict than GCC.

regards,
dan carpenter